Travels in Siberia : including excursions northwards, down the Obi, to the Polar Circle, and southwards, to the Chinese frontier.

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Limited edition

Translated from the German, by William Desborough Cooley. In two volumes . London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1848. First English edition. Two volumes, octavo, contemporary full polished calf ruled in gilt, bindings in compartments with gilt decoration and red and green leather title and volume labels lettered in gilt; marbled edges, pastedowns and endpapers; Vol. 1: pp. xi, [1 blank], frontispiece folding map with coloured outlines (lightly foxed), 495; Vol. 2: pp. ix, [1 blank], 536; clean and bright throughout, a fine set in handsome contemporary bindings.

• Binding: Hardcover

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